Loon Echo Land Trust will host the Maine Outdoor Film Festival at sunset – roughly 8:10 p.m. – Friday, Aug. 20, at Hacker’s Hill Preserve in Casco. The program will last about two hours. Nine films will be screened. The festival is free, with a suggested donation of $10 to benefit the land trust. Attendees […]
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Maine Medical Center limits visits to adult patients
Maine Medical Center will limit visitation for adult inpatients to one visitor daily, effective this week. The hospital said it is making the change because community transmission of COVID-19 continues to rise. There were 169 confirmed cases reported by the Maine CDC Aug. 6, a more than 120-case increase from this time in July. Visiting […]
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Diocese to host young adult retreat in Gray
The Diocese will host two events for young adults ages 21-35.
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Ecomaine accepting designs for Recycling is a Work of Art contest
Ecomaine is accepting until 5 p.m. Aug. 23 designs for its Recycling is a Work of Art painting contest. The contest is an opportunity for students, community groups and artists to submit their proposals to paint one of ecomaine’s 22-foot recycling containers with messages of reduction, reuse, recycling and sustainability. Up to six designs will […]
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Gray crash blamed on device-distracted teen
Two drivers escaped with minor injuries last weekend when their vehicles collided at the intersection of Lewiston and Mayall roads in Gray. A 17-year-old Yarmouth boy driving a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta ran a stop sign at the intersection and broadsided a 2006 Ford pickup driven by Steven Dee, 62, of Yarmouth at 6:09 p.m. July […]
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Schoolhouse Arts Center hosts ‘Disney’s Little Mermaid’ camp’
Schoolhouse Arts Center in Standish is accepting registration for its summer camp for the production of “Disney’s Little Mermaid.” The camp will run from Aug. 16-29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to rising 6th through 12th graders. The camp concludes with four performances of Disney’s Little Mermaid from Aug. 26-29. Campers […]
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St. Anthony of Padua Parish celebrates new start
Parishioners celebrated the newly formed St. Anthony of Padua Parish last weekend at a festival in Windham. The festival included a dedication Mass, a procession of priests and parishioners to an outdoor St. Anthony Shrine, a Friday evening reception and live music, and on Saturday a silent auction, raffles and food, Mass and chicken barbecue […]
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Police issue alert about missing Bridgton man
Frank Mollins, 81, was las seen Tuesday.
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Kiwanis Beach closed to public this summer
Kiwanis Beach in Standish, a popular destination for families, will not be open to the public for general admission this summer. “Due to Covid-19 we were unsure of the direction of our State in January 2021 due to the pandemic. We were unable to advertise and interview applicants for a vendor,” a post on the […]
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Naples Board of Selectmen elects Grattelo as chairperson
Jim Grattelo will serve as the Board’s chairperson and Robert Caron as vice-chairperson.